7-10

Litter: Face it, Erase it.

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate School : Ruby Sciriha Camilleri  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Articles

The writer investigates litter around Malta. She then gives possible solutions to the problem and finishes with slogans that can be used to promote litter reduction.



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Il-Bummunqar Aħmar tal-Palm

submitted by Gozo College Xewkija Primary : Joseph Galea  for 7-10
filed under Articles

X’taf dwar il-Bummunqar l-aħmar?



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Red Palm Weevil – Il-Bummunqar tal-Palm

submitted by Gozo College Xewkija Primary : Richard Caruana  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school noticeboard
filed under Articles

Ir-Red Palm Weevil bil-Malti huwa il-Bummunqar Aħmar tal-Palm. Dan qed jikkaġuna li jmutu ħafna siġar tal-Palm. Minħabba f’hekk fl-iskola tagħna diġa inqalgħu erba’ siġriet kbar tal-palm.



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Bottle me up.

submitted by St Thomas More College Zejtun Primary B : Marija Camilleri  for 7-10
dissemination(s): ilearn and facebook, other
filed under Photos

Waste that we throw away in the environment does not vanish, but returns on our doorsteps. Plastic beverage bottles are an eye sore when we take a stroll along our beaches. These bottles are not biodegradable and according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, they take 450 years to decompose if they are thrown away in landfills or in the environment. Unfortunately, what is thrown into the sea is washed on the shores by waves. If these materials are not picked up and disposed of properly, they will end up back into our sea. It is wiser to reuse them or recycle them as we reduce damage to the environment we live in.



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High Drop!

submitted by Gozo College San Lawrenz Primary : Kian Borg  for 7-10
dissemination(s): Gozo news website, school blog
filed under Photos

Students from Gozo College San Lawrenz Primary went on a walk on the nearby cliffs of Dwejra. Unfortunately, there were amazing amounts of dangers, illegal buildings and pollution from trucks dumping different materials in the country side probably not knowing that taking waste at the civic amenity site is free. One of the dangers is an abondoned disused quarry – unfortunately it is easy for someone to fall inside. The photo shows a very high wall where the building stone was cut in the past. If there was someone walking by there and did not notice that there is a drop right in front of them they would fall in it. Attention authorities – with just a little bit of money the area can be kept safe and clean. Can some barriers and signs warning people to keep away from the quarry be put up?



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Sustainable is Possible!

submitted by Gozo College Victoria Primary : Year 5 Roses  for 7-10
dissemination(s): Facebook, school blog, youtube
filed under Photos

Sustainability? Yes, it’s possible, especially with the help of a group of nine-year-olds from Gozo College Rabat Primary who are highly determined to send this message to the people out there… The year 5 Roses class has decided to do it right this time …take a trip to Marsalforn valley on a fine morning, plant trees, sing the song “Sustainable is Possible” and film it all up! “Do it!” we all sang at the top of our voices, so that our message is a wake-up call to whoever wants the world to be greener, cleaner and a better place to live in. The three Rs and caring for the environment are fundamental to the sustainability of our planet. Let’s get started! A big thanks goes to our teacher and to EkoSkola!!



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A Sense of Sustainable Satisfaction

submitted by St Francis School Cospicua : The Forest Team  for 7-10
dissemination(s): school noticeboard, school media, website
filed under Photos

Trees are of great importance in our lives. Unfortunately throughout these last years in our island, many trees have been destroyed either by human beings capriciously or to make way for any development and also for other reasons. Tiny seeds were planted in the small plastic bottles which within three months they grew in small beautiful plants. We all can contribute in this by planting seeds which by time they will grow in trees. So would you like to be of any help to our society?



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The Power of TreeStudents – Video

submitted by St Francis Primary Cospicua : The Forest Team  for 7-10
dissemination(s): in all classrooms, other, website
filed under Video Clips

Throughout these last years many trees have been destroyed on our island, some of them by human beings capriciously either to make way for development or for various reasons, while others by harmful insects. Destroying trees for any particular reason makes us children at St. Francis School Cospicua – so sad. So we decided to take action! Thus, in November, after having relevant advice from the Environmental Officer at ‘PARKs’ Malta, we planted seeds at our school. We took good care of them by cultivating and watering them when it was needed, followed their growth process and thus, we can say that in our greenhouse, seeds grew up in hundreds of beautiful plants. Recently, these plants were donated to the ‘PARKs’ Malta where they will also be taken care of and in turn they will be distributed around our Island.



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Flimkien Għal Ambjent Aħjar

submitted by St Francis Primary Cospicua : EkoSkola Committee  for 7-10
dissemination(s): In the classrooms, other, website
filed under Video Clips

The students are being made aware about waste reduction and the quantity of waste around us, thus, we are instilling our students a strong sense of wanting to leave the world a better place by reducing the quantity of waste. Therefore, they are bringing their lunch in a lunch box together with a drinking flask instead of a bottle of water and a cloth napkin. In doing so, in each and every classroom waste is considerably reduced. We totally have eliminated all the wrappings for our lunches. Besides this, to enhance the importance of waste minimisation this activity was followed by collected thousands of bottle caps from the students’ homes and their neighbours. These later were donated to charity.



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Kuxjenza Ambjentali – Flimkien biex innaqsu l-konsum tal-iskart

submitted by St Francis Primary Cospicua : EkoSkola Committee  for 7-10
dissemination(s): In the classrooms, other, website
filed under Video Clips

Throughout the past years we used to bring the plastic water bottles to drink from during lunch time and when the need arises. This was done until we realised that we are harming our environment as we were consuming too much waste. So we decided that everyone should bring a flask instead of a plastic water bottle. This flask can be used and reused over and over again. Thus head of school took the initiative to install a ‘home reverse osmosis’ system so that we will be able to drink tap water. A water tap has been installed in one of the school yards so that we will be able to drink during lunch time and whenever we like. By taking this initiative we are reducing the amount of waste.



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